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PRESS STATEMENT: Situation of Khumbu Icefall Route After Earthquake
05 May 2015 , Khumbu Icefall, Mt. Everest
The Icefall Doctors team and SPCC Chairperson Ang Dorjee Sherpa have conducted a survey of the situation at Everest Base Camp and the Khumbu Icefall, and have now advised the Ministry of Culture, Tour...
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PRESS RELEASE: Setting of Everest Khumbu Icefall route for Spring 2015
09 Apr 2015 , Khumbu Icefall, Mt. Everest
On April 8, 2015 SPCC’s Icefall Doctors completed the setting of a new route through the Khumbu Icefall for this year’s Everest spring season. The previous route used until last year ran a...
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Base Camp Cleanup and Monitoring Updates
18 Nov 2014 , Amadablam BC and Island Peak BC
SPCC's team visited Amadablam base camp and Island peak base camp last week for monitoring base camps and removing old discarded trashes. The team consulted with guides and climbers at base camp on wa...
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Construction of Toilets at Amadablam and Lobuche Peak
07 Oct 2014 , Amadablam and Louche Peak
With the aim of managing human wastes properly, SPCC had constructed several public toilets along the major trekking trails and at various Himalayan base camps. This year SPCC constructed three public...
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Khumbu Public Awareness Raising Cleanup Campaign 2014
24 Jun 2014 , Thame valley and Gokyo valley
A total of 109 representatives from various organizations took part in our annual “Khumbu Public Awareness Raising Cleanup Campaign 2071”held from 20-24 June 2014 in the route of Namche Ba...
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Cleaning up Everest
05 Jun 2014 , Published in Nepali Times
The Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC) has been addressing the waste problem in the Everest region since 1991, and has become a model for advocacy and effective waste management solutions f...